Top vote-getter in GOP state comptroller's primary is 188 votes shy of victory

Add state Sen. Glenn Hegar to the long list of people who say every vote counts.

The Katy lawmaker, who is running for state comptroller in the Republican primary, is 188 votes shy of the 50 percent plus one vote he needs to avoid a runoff with Rep. Harvey Hilderbran of Kerrville.

The final unofficial returns the Texas Secretary of State’s office just posted on it website shows that out of the 1,221,211 votes cast in the four-candidate race, Hegar received 610,512 or, 49.99 percent. Hilderbran, on the other hand, got 317,731 or 26.01 percent.

Though this may look like another runoff for May 27, it is a safe bet that Hegar will ask for a recount first.